Antispreading device



w. E. EVERETT ANTISPREADING DEVICE F iled J an. 28. 1929 INVENTOR Y I YB I I 4 ATTORNEY June 17, 1930.

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES O F E) WILLARD E. EVERETT, or ouyrnnnLnnn, MARYLAND Application filed January 28,-'.1929. Serial No.335,592:

This invention relates to an anti-spreading device for the rails of atrack, the general object of the invention being to provide a simpleform of tie means for connecting the two rails of a track together, sothat the rails are prevented from spreading, with meansv for preventingthe tie means from electrically connecting one rail with the other. g

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, ref- Fi ure 6 is a sectional viewshowing this 23 modification in use.

Figures 7 and 8 are views showing another modification.

Figures 9 and 10 are views showing a'further modification.

In these views, the numeral lindicates a strip which has one end of hookshape, as shown at 2, and its other end is bent upwardly at rightangles, as shown at 3. The

hooked end is passed under the-rail A and the hook part placed inengagement with the outer part of the base of the rail. A

strip 4 of non-conducting material is placed between the railiand thestrip, so as to insulate the strip from the rail. As shown in Figure 4,the material is of channel-shaped form to overlapthe edges of the strip1.

The end, 3; is passed through a hole formed inithe splice bar C of therail B and a cotter pin 5 is passed through a hole 6 formed in this part3 of the strip. Thus the two rails aretied together by the strip so thatthere isno danger of the rails spreading, and by insulating this strip 1from therail A, there is no danger of the strip electrically connectingthe two rails together.

In the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6, the end of the strip 1' isnot bent up, as in the first form, so that this straight end extendsunder the chair and is fastened to the inner side part of the chair bythe bolt 7 which passes through the perforation 6 in the straight end ofthe strip.

In the modification shown in Figures 7 and 8, the strip 1 isof such alength that it will extend entirely under the splice bar and has its endbent up, as at 3, to engage the-.7

engages. the :splice bar, is of substantially hook shape, as shown at 8,with the beak of the hook extending downwardly so $0 that it can passthrough a slotin the splice bar C, as shown in'Figure 9, with a cotterpin 5 passing through a perforation Win the beak.

Thus in all the modifications, I have pro- 1 vided simple means forconnecting the two Y rails of a track, so that there is no danger oftherails spreading, the connecting means between the rails being such thatsuch means can be easily and, quickly put in place andzz;v

removed, when necessary.

It is thought from the foregoing description that theadvantages andnovel features of the invention will be. readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the .combi-.

Figures 9 A What I claim is In combination with the rails of a track anda splice bar forone rail, said bar having a hole in its base part, astrip having a hookshaped part at one end thereof adapted to engage thebase of one rail, a hook forming part --at its other end for engagingthe hole in the splice bani-the last mentioned hook shaped part beingformed by bending the,

strip upwardly and then forwardly and then downwardly, With thedownwardly extending part passing through the hole in the bar and a pinpassing through the extremity'of the downwardly extending part andengagin the under face of the bar.

in testimony whereof I 'a'fiix my signature.

WILLARD E. EVERETT.

